In 2008, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, named Katz & Stefani principal P. André Katz as chairman of the Illinois Family Law Study Committee. Over the course of several years, that committee – a mix of lawmakers, matrimonial attorneys, judges, and child advocacy professionals – crafted a comprehensive overhaul of the state’s existing Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.Read More

January 23, 2009 - The Family Law Study Committee will be holding two public hearings during which prominent experts will be providing their recommendations for change to Illinois' family law provisions.